Operations Specialist | Olympic Dam - South Australia | FIFO or Residential | 8/6 Roster
BHP
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
The Operations Specialist is responsible for ensuring the safe preparation and execution of drilling activities conducted by our contract partners. Tasks must be performed safely and sustainably in compliance with workplace procedures and aligned with BHP’s Code of Conduct. The Operations Specialist will actively engage all required stakeholders and apply experience and initiative to safely coordinate works, to meet monthly and annual KPI targets.
Reporting to the Superintendent Geoscience Exploration and Strategy, your key accountabilities will include:
- Ensuring safe systems of work are in place and effective for Geoscience surface drilling activities
- Leading quality Field Leadership observations, risk assessments, work management and quality Event investigations
- Accountable for all frontline operational work delivery from 0-90 days
- Shift to Shift delivery of operations activities including:
Diamond drilling
Earthworks
Connecting and sustaining water supply to drilling operations
Geophysical, heritage, and environment surveys
About You
The successful candidate, will ideally possess the following:
- Leading by example; hold yourself and others accountable and coach others in “Safety Leadership”
- Ability to lead a team of frontline workers to deliver high quality, relevant outcomes
- Previous experience in field based supervisor role managing multidisciplinary field based teams over a wide geographical coverage
- Excellent contractor management skills and a functional understanding of exploration contracts
- Exploration or mining experience preferably with exposure to deep directional diamond and reverse circulation drilling
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
To ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people, BHP requires employees in Australia to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in line with BHP’s Covid Policy and any relevant State health directives. If you are applying for a role at BHP please consider this requirement when submitting your application. BHP will also adhere to any relevant health directives that may be made that affects our workforce.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.